The Handbook of Criminological Theory

<p>Notes on Contributors vii</p>
<p>1 Introduction: Theory and Contemporary Criminology 1<br />Charles R. Tittle</p>
<p>2 Correlates of Crime 18<br />Matt DeLisi and Michael G. Vaughn</p>
<p>3 Theory Testing In Criminology 37<br />Travis C. Pratt</p>
<p>4 Deterrence 50<br />Thomas A. Loughran, Ray Paternoster, and Douglas B. Weiss</p>
<p>5 Contemporary Biosocial Criminology: A Systematic Review of the Literature, 2000–2012 75<br />J.C. Barnes, Brian B. Boutwell, and Kevin M. Beaver</p>
<p>6 A Developmental Perspective on Adolescent Risk ]Taking and Criminal Behavior 100<br />Elizabeth Cauffman, Caitlin Cavanagh, Sachiko Donley, and April Gile Thomas</p>
<p>7 Social Disorganization Theory′s Greatest Challenge: Linking Structural Characteristics to Crime in Socially Disorganized Communities 121<br />Charis E. Kubrin and James C. Wo</p>
<p>8 Routine Activities, Delinquency, and Youth Convergences 137<br />Jose R. Agustina and Marcus Felson</p>
<p>9 Environmental Criminology 156<br />Aiden Sidebottom and Richard Wortley</p>
<p>10 Control as an Explanation of Crime and Delinquency 182<br />Chester L. Britt and Michael Rocque</p>
<p>11 Strain, Economic Status, and Crime 209<br />Robert Agnew</p>
<p>12 Social Learning Theory 230<br />Ronald L. Akers and Wesley G. Jennings</p>
<p>13 Cultural Processes, Social Order, and Criminology 241<br />Mark T. Berg, Eric A. Sevell, and Eric A. Stewart</p>
<p>14 Labeling Theory: Past, Present, and Future 271<br />Ruth Triplett and Lindsey Upton</p>
<p>15 Feminist Theory 290<br />Joanne Belknap</p>
<p>16 Critical Criminology 301<br />Martin D. Schwartz and Henry H. Brownstein</p>
<p>17 Integrating Criminological Theories 318<br />Marv Krohn and Jeffrey T. Ward</p>
<p>18 Developmental and Life ]Course Theories of Crime 336<br />Tara Renae McGee and David P. Farrington</p>
<p>19 Biosocial Bases of Antisocial and Criminal Behavior 355<br />Frances R. Chen, Yu Gao, Andrea L. Glenn, Sharon Niv, Jill Portnoy, Robert Schug, Yaling Yang, and Adrian Raine</p>
<p>20 From Theory to Policy and Back Again 380<br />Scott H. Decker</p>
<p>21 How Do Criminologists Interpret Statistical Explanation of Crime? A Review of Quantitative Modeling in Published Studies 395<br />David Weisburd, Breanne Cave, and Alex R. Piquero</p>
<p>22 Situational Theory: The Importance of Interactions and Action Mechanisms in the Explanation of Crime 415<br />Per ]Olof H. Wikstrom and Kyle Treiber</p>
<p>23 Macro ]Level Theory: A Critical Component of Criminological Exploration 445<br />Eric P. Baumer and Ashley N. Arnio</p>
<p>24 What International Research Has Told Us About Criminological Theory 475<br />Olena Antonaccio and Ekaterina V. Botchkovar</p>
<p>25 Qualitative Criminology′s Contributions to Theory 497<br />Andy Hochstetler and Heith Copes</p>
<p>Index 521</p>